Oil-can



No. 625,!62. Patented May I6, I899.

M. E. GUDENBURR.

01L CAN.

(Application filed Jan. 30, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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"INVENTOR WIT/VE88E8: 2 42 A '8' m M m T A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY E. GUDENBURR, on PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 625, 162, dated May 16,1899.

Application filed January 30, 1899. Serial No. 703.804. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, MARY E. GUDENBURE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOil-Cans, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in oil-cans.

The object of my invention is to prevent an access of flame to theexplosive vapor that always fills the empty portions of cans partiallyfull of oil, so that the can may be safely used to supply lighted lam psor brought into any proximity, however close, with the flame withoutdanger of exploding.

A further object of myinvention is to provide an improved spout for canscontaining oil or other liquid, which shall be so constructed as to openthe discharge-orifice automatically when the can is inclined to pour outthe liquid and to close the same also antomatically when the can israised to a vertical position.

My invention briefly consists of a spout which is attached to the can,having an airvent or passage arranged on the outer end of the spout toalmost the upper face of the bottom of the can and a gate arranged inthe outer end of the spout on its inner face,which is adapted to openand close automatically by the inversion of the can.

My invention finally consists in the novel combination and arrangementof partshereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed outin the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is bad to theaccompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specification, wherein like numerals of referenceindicate corresponding parts throughout the several views thereof, andin which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my improved oilcan.Fig. 2 is a perspective View of'the spout and air-vent. Fig. 3 is a topplan view of the spout. Fig. 4. is an inverted plan view thereof. Fig. 5is a perspective View of the upper portion of the spout.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, 1 indicates the body ofthe can,

which is adapted to receive the liquid 2. The

top of the body of the can is provided with a neck 3, which isexteriorly screw-threaded. The neck 3is adapted to have secured theretothe one end of the spout 4 bymeansof forming with this one end of thespout a downwardly-extending exteriorly screw-threaded collar 5.

5 indicates a washer which is mounted upon the neck, as shown.

6 indicates an air-vent which is formed of an elongated hollow tube ofsuitable diameter and is secured to the inner face ofthe spout, asshown, and extends from the outer end of the spout to almost the innerface of the bottom of the vessel, as shown.

Secured to the inner face of the outer end of the spout 4 is a circulardisk 7, which is apertured to allow the outer end of the airvent to fittherein and is cut away semicircular in shape, in which is mounteda halfhinge or gate 8. This gate is adapted to be opened by the egress of theliquid, and it is of such construction that when the can is elevatedwill resume a closed position.

It is evident that this improved spout can be used on cans containinggasolene, benzin, and other highly-inflammable substances as well asoil-cans. i

It willbe noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A non-explosive oil-can, comprising in its construction, a body portionhaving a suitable neck, a spout secured to said neck, a circular disksecured in the outer end of saidv spout, an air-tube secured to one sideof the inner .face of said spout and extending with its one end nearlyto the base of said body portion and with its other end extendingthrough said disk, and a hinged gate formed of a cut-away portion ofsaid disk, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence oftwowitnesses.

MARY E. GUDENBURR.

Witnesses:

JOHN N OLAND, WILLIAM E. MINOR.

